Another Anemone Disaster....

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I was in my favorite LFS the other day right after they had a shipment come in and saw this beautiful speckled blue and purple anemone. I decided to have him hold it for a few days to make sure it settled and ate for him before I brought it home.

I showed up today to pick him up only to discover that just a few hours prior he decided to take a trip into the over flow and he got a little chopped up. His foot and body sustained no damage. His tentacles also survived, his only noticable damage was to the rim around a small area of bis outer ridge. He is a bit inside out right now, but I can only attribute that to him having just come out of the bag and being acclimated for over an hour.

So my guy said I could bring him home (no charge) and see if he survives. If he doeant then im not out any money, however if he does then I will go back in and pay for him.

I have him in my smaller, more mature tank where my other recovering nem is (pete got burned walking across my heater a few weeks ago and is now healed up nicely and growing new tentacles). Im hoping the more mature and stable tank will help in his recovery.

I have him in a box near the top of the tank right now incase I nees to pull him quickly, but Im curious as to what the general concensus is with this one. Will he make it and what can I do to help ensure his survival?

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When they look like they are melting give them a lot of flow might help next time but it will help stop them from disintegrating
 
That sucks! But at least your not out anything.

If the OP didn't have any other nems to possibly infect, then he's definitely not out much. I'd had a sick gig infect the rest of the tank and lost a few nice nems because I took the risk. I won't do it again and have enough Cipro to QT a small army for like 90 days straight ;)
 
Awesome color, what a shame. At least you didn't lose money on it.
 

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